Consider the following compounds.
(i) 2-methyl butanal
(ii) 1, 2-dichloropropane
(iii) 2-hydroxy propanoic acid
(iv) 2,2-dimethyl propanoic acid
(v) 1-chloropentane
The total number of compounds which do not contain any chiral carbon atom?
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Among the given compounds, only two, i.e. (iv) and
(v) do not contain any chiral carbon atom.
(iv) 
(no chiral carbon no chiral centre)
(v) Cl - CH 2 - CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 3
The given compound exhibit optical isomerism due to the presence of chiral carbon atom but due to the presence of same group (i.e., 
) geometrical isomerism is not possible.
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